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Sequestration already biting Navy, Marines readiness

Currently deployed units and those behind them are fully trained and equipped, the services say. But those next in line "aren't doing much." The fiscal 2013 budget also may be too little, too late in some ship repair and maintenance efforts.

Tags: Marine Corps , sequestration , furlough , Congress , Philip Cullom , William Tryon , William Burke , Jared Serbu , House Armed Services Committee

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Navy unveils squadron of manned, unmanned craft

Tags: DoD , drones

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Budget cuts end Blue Angels' 2013 season

Tags: sequestration , Blue Angels

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Navy mandates partial migration to commercial cloud

A new memo from Navy Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen tells the Navy and Marine Corps to move public-facing data to commercial cloud service providers.

Tags: DoD , technology , Marine Corps , cloud computing , Terry Halvorsen , Jared Serbu

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Doomed US Navy ship removed from Philippine reef

A crane lifted the 250-ton stern of the dismantled USS Guardian on Saturday from the reef, where it accidentally got stuck Jan. 17, officials said.

Tags: USS Guardian , DoD

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Admiral: Navy wants to keep tuition assistance

The chief of naval personnel says the Navy wants to keep the service's tuition assistance program funded through the remainder of this fiscal year.

Tags: DoD , tuition assistance program

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DoD puts 1 million users in its cloud email system

The Army expects to mostly finish the migration to enterprise email by the end of this month. The Air Force and the Navy begin pilot tests using the cloud applications.

Tags: DoD , technology , enterprise email , DISA , Army , Microsoft , Alfred Rivera , John Hale , Jared Serbu , cloud computing , Air Force

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Navy sends new ship to Singapore amid budget cuts

Tags: DoD , USS Freedom

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DoD's recovery from sequestration-related cuts will take months, years

With sequestration now in effect, the Defense Department says it will have to begin to make decisions that cross the threshold between "reversible" cuts to military capability and those that will have long-lasting impacts.

Tags: sequestration , DoD , Chuck Hagel , Ashton Carter , industry , acquisition , Air Force , Army , training , workforce , Jared Serbu

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Military worried small business suppliers will disappear during sequestration

Small firms already have taken a disproportionate hit from DoD's pullback in 2013 spending, Pentagon officials say. Military acquisition leaders worry the sudden cuts will bankrupt small businesses that provide one-of-a-kind capabilities.

Tags: DoD , sequestration , Army , Air Force , Sean Stackley , Heidi Shyu , Charles Davis , Jared Serbu , small business , defense industrial base , industry , contracting , House Armed Services Committe

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